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New Zealand’s Food Waste: Estimating the Tonnes, Value, Calories and Resources Wasted

Agriculture, 2016
We used macro-economic data and aggregated waste data to estimate that, in 2011, New Zealand households generated over 224,000 tonnes of food waste, and New Zealand industry generated over 103,000 tonnes of food waste.
Christian John Reynolds, Miranda Mirosa, Brent Clothier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cultivation of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae for the Valorization of Spent Coffee Ground: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Study

Agriculture
The global surge in coffee consumption has led to the generation of significant amounts of spent coffee grounds (SCG), a by-product of the brewing process.
Donald John Calvien Hutabarat, Dave Mangindaan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Avoidable Household Food Waste: Diagnosing the Links between Causes and Composition

Recycling, 2021
Problems associated with the wastage of food intended for human consumption are well known and the discarding of edible but unconsumed food—avoidable food waste—is clearly undesirable.
Peter J. Shaw
doaj   +1 more source

Design of a Food Waste Management Program in Reducing Urban Food Waste

, 2020
Sustainable food systems can contribute to addressing food security, poverty alleviation, and economic growth. With 870 million people around the world being undernourished, and food shortages exacerbated by climate change, the United Nations, in 2013 ...
Chu, Cordia, Ajayi, Olubunmi, Baum, Scott   +2 more
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Household food waste: attitudes, barriers and motivations

, 2021
Purpose – Food waste at the household level represents a major component of all food waste. Therefore minimizing food waste at the household level remains an important component of the food chain responsibility.
Baboo, Shabanaz, Bhadain, M, Nunkoo, Robin, Baboo, S, Nunkoo, R, Bhadain, Meetali   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Food Waste

, 2022
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Viachaslau Filimonau, Anna de Visser-Amundson   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Food Waste along the Food Chain in Romania: An Impact Analysis

Foods, 2021
Food waste is a hot topic around the world due to the significant environmental challenge it poses. The study aims to assess the impact of food waste on the food chain at the national level.
Oana M. Dumitru, Corneliu S. Iorga, Gabriel Mustatea   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electrical interface design for additively manufactured polymer anodes for biophotovoltaic systems

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionReliable electrical interfacing between additively manufactured conductive polymer anodes and external circuits remains a key challenge in biophotovoltaic (BPV) systems, particularly due to debonding failures during operation. This study aims
Maira Anam, Geoffrey Rivers, Rachel Louise Gomes, Ricky Wildman, Helena I. Gomes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A validated survey to measure household food waste

MethodsX, 2019
To assess household food waste in large-scale studies with the aim to understand differences in food waste levels between households, surveys are often employed.
Erica van Herpen, Lisanne van Geffen, Mariska Nijenhuis-de Vries, Nancy Holthuysen, Ivo van der Lans, Tom Quested   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Energetic and environmental benefits of co-digestion of food waste and cattle slurry: a preliminary assessment [PDF]

, 2011
The research evaluated the feasibility of centralised pre-processing and pasteurisation of source-separated domestic food waste followed by transport to farms for anaerobic co-digestion with dairy cattle slurry.
Andrew M. Salter, Salter, Andrew, Sonia Heaven, Keith Riley, Banks, Charles J., Salter, Andrew M., Charles J. Banks, Heaven, Sonia, Riley, Keith   +8 more
core   +1 more source